@vpcampbell.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Media and Communication, University of Leicester
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Having just done a big follow of loads of starter packs, just a quick intro to me: I post about political communication and journalism (UK mostly), often for teaching, sometimes about space/science documentary, and a lot recently about how awful gen AI is.
It's down the list, of course, but the obsequiousness of these people baffles me. He just seems intrinsically like a slimy prick.
Top lawyer at Goldman Sachs resigns after revelation of Epstein relationship www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Top lawyer at Goldman Sachs resigns after revelation of Epstein relationship
Emails show Kathy Ruemmler had close ties to convicted sexual abuser she called ‘Uncle Jeffrey’
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:26 AM
It's down the list, of course, but the obsequiousness of these people baffles me. He just seems intrinsically like a slimy prick.
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It’s not your language that offends. It’s your racism.
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
It’s not your language that offends. It’s your racism.
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Also I don't see an acknowledgment that he got the basic facts on which he based his racist comments wrong
Jim Ratcliffe has issued a bland and generic statement about economic policy which does not engage at all with what he got wrong, or why saying the UK has been colonised has been legitimately criticised. Nor does he seem to retract his language of colonisation in gesturing towards a semi-apology
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Also I don't see an acknowledgment that he got the basic facts on which he based his racist comments wrong
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I wrote this rather odd and personal piece over New Years, and it has received so much positive echo from so many people, including allowing me to reconnect with long lost friends. You might find it useful too.
jksteinberger.medium.com/against-fitt...
jksteinberger.medium.com/against-fitt...
Against fitting in
Between dissolution and crystallisation
jksteinberger.medium.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I wrote this rather odd and personal piece over New Years, and it has received so much positive echo from so many people, including allowing me to reconnect with long lost friends. You might find it useful too.
jksteinberger.medium.com/against-fitt...
jksteinberger.medium.com/against-fitt...
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Loving all the Lobby hyperbole, focusing on the most extreme of criticisms to avoid the legitimate ones. Treating incredibly serious issues like wrestling commentary is the criticism. It's been a criticism for decades and they always demure, deny, and deflect: "we're just doing our jobs!"
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Loving all the Lobby hyperbole, focusing on the most extreme of criticisms to avoid the legitimate ones. Treating incredibly serious issues like wrestling commentary is the criticism. It's been a criticism for decades and they always demure, deny, and deflect: "we're just doing our jobs!"
I'm going to double down here. Starmer deserves to go and may well do so but much of the Lobby is acting like the Big Brother crowds of old, not fucking Woodward and Bernstein.
a woman talking into a microphone with the words hey fancy another one below her
ALT: a woman talking into a microphone with the words hey fancy another one below her
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I'm going to double down here. Starmer deserves to go and may well do so but much of the Lobby is acting like the Big Brother crowds of old, not fucking Woodward and Bernstein.
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Keep seeing this Copilot ad in which a woman pulls off a shit-hot 'business negotiation' by tapping away at Copilot to ask its advice every 20 seconds, as if that would put you in a position of strength rather than implying that you didn't have a fucking clue what you were doing.
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Keep seeing this Copilot ad in which a woman pulls off a shit-hot 'business negotiation' by tapping away at Copilot to ask its advice every 20 seconds, as if that would put you in a position of strength rather than implying that you didn't have a fucking clue what you were doing.
Watching the BBC news channel. It's like watching the Superbowl. Febrile, empty commentary, the journos besides themselves with excitement. A bad sign of people completely divorced from the realities of life.
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Watching the BBC news channel. It's like watching the Superbowl. Febrile, empty commentary, the journos besides themselves with excitement. A bad sign of people completely divorced from the realities of life.
Of course, this is all great fun for the lobby correspondents. This is what they think their job is. Drama and scandal. It might be me following this stuff for thirty years or so, but it's starting to get tiresome now.
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Of course, this is all great fun for the lobby correspondents. This is what they think their job is. Drama and scandal. It might be me following this stuff for thirty years or so, but it's starting to get tiresome now.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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I mean in politics you win or lose elections, and the other sides have a lot to do with it, but the false notion of campaign gurus being behind wins persists. Even if it were true, winning elections and governing are completely different things. Why is this beyond so many people?
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I mean in politics you win or lose elections, and the other sides have a lot to do with it, but the false notion of campaign gurus being behind wins persists. Even if it were true, winning elections and governing are completely different things. Why is this beyond so many people?
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ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 AM
ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-cha... Maybe if people aren't reading papers, if doesn't matter if they're not writing them either?
New chatbot ‘outperforms PhDs on literature reviews’
Cheap research round-ups by ‘hallucination-free’ OpenScholar model preferred by experts, says Nature study
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-cha... Maybe if people aren't reading papers, if doesn't matter if they're not writing them either?
Starfleet Academy is Monster High in Space at the moment. It needs room to breathe. It's fine, Gina Yashere is great fun, but some responses are just hyperbole.
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Starfleet Academy is Monster High in Space at the moment. It needs room to breathe. It's fine, Gina Yashere is great fun, but some responses are just hyperbole.
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Glad I decided to get a physical copy of this gorgeous Richard Dyer reader, co-edited by my old friend and colleague @jaapkooijman.bsky.social as a true labor of love. 👍🏻
February 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Glad I decided to get a physical copy of this gorgeous Richard Dyer reader, co-edited by my old friend and colleague @jaapkooijman.bsky.social as a true labor of love. 👍🏻
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Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
In his first term, attacking a journalist like this led to others defending them and trying to ask the same question. Now, nothing. It's frightening.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 4, 2026 at 8:20 AM
In his first term, attacking a journalist like this led to others defending them and trying to ask the same question. Now, nothing. It's frightening.
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Brilliant, incensed piece by Marina Hyde on all those powerful men who helped a wealthy paedophile despite his sickening crimes against young women www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Brilliant, incensed piece by Marina Hyde on all those powerful men who helped a wealthy paedophile despite his sickening crimes against young women www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Time for a break from rich people getting away with everything with the help of pliant politicians, I'm going to watch the finale of series 2 of The Night Manager...
February 2, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Time for a break from rich people getting away with everything with the help of pliant politicians, I'm going to watch the finale of series 2 of The Night Manager...
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Full version of the Matthew Goodwin origin story is available to read here (free with registration):
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
Matt Goodwin’s fall into the abyss
How a once respected academic embarked on a “sad, depressing journey of radicalisation”
www.thenewworld.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Full version of the Matthew Goodwin origin story is available to read here (free with registration):
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
Goodwin went from PHD to Prof in 8 years but then went "oh, what... that's it?". Obviously no interest or talent for management, no future VC in waiting. TV celeb status is for historians and physicists. Not much left, if you're outside Oxbridge, but grift.
February 1, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Goodwin went from PHD to Prof in 8 years but then went "oh, what... that's it?". Obviously no interest or talent for management, no future VC in waiting. TV celeb status is for historians and physicists. Not much left, if you're outside Oxbridge, but grift.
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Goodwin literally had a hissy fit when Alan Rusbridger & David Aaronovitch went for dinner after an event they all did together & chose not to ask him. He’s palpably desperate to go to fictional dinner parties that exist only in his warped imagination. Instead he gets to suck lemons with 30p Lee.
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Goodwin literally had a hissy fit when Alan Rusbridger & David Aaronovitch went for dinner after an event they all did together & chose not to ask him. He’s palpably desperate to go to fictional dinner parties that exist only in his warped imagination. Instead he gets to suck lemons with 30p Lee.